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Awkwafina

Name at birth: Nora LumAwkwafina is the stage name of Nora Lum, a New York City media personality who went from a hit YouTube video called "My Vag" to co-starring in Ocean's 8 with Sandra Bullock,…

Randy Quaid Biography

Randy QuaidactorBorn: 10/1/1950Birthplace: Houston, Texas This versatile character actor is the older brother of actor Dennis Quaid. He has appeared in the films What's Up, Doc? (1972), The Last…

Leona Helmsley

Known as "the Queen of Mean," Leona Helmsley was the wealthy wife and then widow of New York real estate tycoon Harry Helmsley (1909-1997). Leona Helmsley for many years made the annual Forbes list…

Robert WEXLER, Congress, FL (1961)

WEXLER Robert , a Representative from Florida; born in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., January 2, 1961; graduated from Hollywood Hills High School, Hollywood, Fla.; B.A., University of Florida,…

Mae Questel Biography

Mae Questelvoice of cartoon charactersBorn: 9/13/1908Birthplace: New York City Questel began performing in vaudeville in her late teens. Her “boop-oop-a-doop ”routine won her the job of…

William Shakespeare: King John, Act I

Act IScene IKing John's palaceEnter King John, Queen Elinor, Pembroke, Essex, Salisbury, and others, with ChatillonKing JohnNow, say, Chatillon, what would France with us?ChatillonThus, after…

Britain: Rulers

See the list of Rulers of England and Great Britain. See the list of British Prime Ministers.Rulers of ScotlandKenneth I, traditional founder of the kingdom of Scotland (c. 843–858)Kenneth…

Brewer's: King's Evil

Scrofula; so called from a notion which prevailed from the reign of Edward the Confessor to that of Queen Anne that it could be cured by the royal touch. The Jacobites considered that the…

Brewer's: Ludgate

Stow says, “King Lud, repairing the city, called it after his name Lud's town; the strong gate which he built in the west part he likewise named Ludgate. In the year 1260 the gate was…